Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, is a documentary that tells the story of captive orcas and focuses on Tilikum, the orca responsible for the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010 and associated with two other deaths. Blackfish is set for release this Friday and SeaWorld recently made it known that it is not happy about it.

Over the weekend, SeaWorld representatives emailed about 50 film critics, calling the documentary “shamefully dishonest, deliberately misleading, and scientifically inaccurate.” In response, the filmmakers reminded everyone that SeaWorld representatives declined to be interview for the film.

Perhaps one thing to keep in mind is that in the wild, there have never been any documented cases of orcas attacking humans. That’s something that Cowperthwaite mentions in an interview with ABC news. Check it out:

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